Assuming a commercial property is let already, the proposition an income-producing investment, the investor would be buying the building/property, not the tenant's business. Since the purchase price is geared to the passing and reversionary rent, it is normal to...

With 3 institutions (so far) suspending dealings in their commercial property funds, the downside of investing in such funds has emerged.
The past few years have been very good for such investors (and fund managers), but now that share prices...

On the subject of Brexit - don’t say I didn’t warn you - https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/industry-expert-guest-writer/michael-lever/brexit-aftermath - we are now being told that businesses including but limited to property investors do not like uncertainty. That’s a myth, surely?
Regardless of how good a...

I hesitated whether to contribute my tuppence-worth to this momentous occasion. Of the three taboo subjects - religion, sex, politics - that one is not supposed to talk about in polite society, nowadays politics is possibly higher up on...

I am revisiting ITZA in the light of an experience I am enduring concerning some tenants that are inexperienced of rent review. Tenant contention is that an ITZA adopted/agreed for a previous review should be used again for a...

Basically, what is known as a Calderbank offer is a 'without prejudice;' offer to settle a dispute to avoid the extra costs and associated risks of a full referral.
From Calderbank v Calderbank and originally confined mainly to family property...

At rent review, the phrase 'going to arbitration' is often bandied about during negotiations as a means for one party to get its own way. Whether or not the parties can agree the rent without involving the dispute resolution...

I have headed this article 'Lease non-renewal: Schedule of Dilapidations' because the law of repair is complicated, The parties’s rights during the currency of a lease, on expiry, and on non-renewal, differ. Also, the content of this article is intended...

Ever since property started being thought of as a business, rather than a game - although why when one is not a full-time investor property should be thought of as a business is beyond me - the need for...